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Deuteronomy 4:25-31

25When thou shalt begetתוֹלִ֤ידto.LidH3205childrenבָּנִים֙ba.NimH1121,and children’sוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121childrenבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121,and ye shall have remained longוְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖םve.no.shan.TemH3462in the landבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776,and shall corruptוְהִשְׁחַתֶּ֗םve.hish.cha.TemH7843yourselves,and makeוַעֲשִׂ֤יתֶםva.'a.Si.temH6213a graven imageפֶּ֙סֶל֙pe.selH6459, orthe likenessתְּמ֣וּנַתte.Mu.natH8544of any thing,and shall doוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥םva.'a.si.TemH6213evilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָֽה־Yah.weh-H3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,to provoke him to angerלְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.SoH3707:

26I callהַעִידֹתִי֩ha.'i.do.TiH5749heavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and earthהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776to witnessH5749against you this dayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117,that ye shall soonמַהֵר֒ma.HerH4118utterlyאָבֹ֣ד'a.VodH6perishתֹּאבֵדוּן֮toe.DunH6from off the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whereunto ye go overעֹבְרִ֧ים'oe.RimH5674Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֛ןhai.yar.DenH3383to possessלְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּle.rish.TahH3423it; ye shall not prolongתַאֲרִיכֻ֤ןta.'a.ri.KhunH748yourdaysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117upon it, but shall utterlyהִשָּׁמֵ֖דhi.sha.MedH8045be destroyedתִּשָּׁמֵדֽוּן׃ti.sha.me.DunH8045.

27And the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shall scatterוְהֵפִ֧יץve.he.FitzH6327you among the nationsבָּעַמִּ֑יםba.'a.MimH5971,and ye shall be leftוְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ve.nish.'ar.TemH7604fewמְתֵ֣יme.TeiH4962in numberמִסְפָּ֔רmis.ParH4557among the heathenבַּגּוֹיִ֕םba.go.YimH1471,whither the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shall leadיְנַהֵ֧גye.na.HegH5090you.

28And there ye shall serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּם־va.'a.vad.tem-H5647godsאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430,the workמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639of men’sאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027,woodעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086and stoneוָאֶ֔בֶןva.'E.venH68,which neither seeיִרְאוּן֙yir.'UnH7200,nor hearיִשְׁמְע֔וּןyish.me.'UnH8085,nor eatיֹֽאכְל֖וּןyokh.LunH398,nor smellיְרִיחֻֽן׃ye.ri.ChunH7306.

29But if from thence thou shalt seekוּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םu.vi.kash.TemH1245the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,thou shalt findוּמָצָ֑אתָu.ma.Tza.taH4672him,if thou seekתִדְרְשֶׁ֔נּוּtid.re.She.nuH1875him with all thy heartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824and with all thy soulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

30When thou art in tribulationבַּצַּ֣רba.TzarH6862,and all these thingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697are comeוּמְצָא֕וּךָu.me.tza.'U.khaH4672upon thee, evenin the latterבְּאַחֲרִית֙be.'a.cha.RitH319daysהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117,if thou turnוְשַׁבְתָּ֙ve.shav.TaH7725to the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,and shalt be obedientוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085unto his voiceבְּקֹלֽוֹ׃be.ko.LoH6963;

31(For the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430isa mercifulרַחוּם֙ra.ChumH7349Godאֵ֤ל'elH410;)he will not forsakeיַרְפְּךָ֖yar.pe.KhaH7503thee, neither destroyיַשְׁחִיתֶ֑ךָyash.chi.Te.khaH7843thee, nor forgetיִשְׁכַּח֙yish.KachH7911the covenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285of thy fathersאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1which he swareנִשְׁבַּ֖עnish.Ba'H7650unto them.

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